vicegerent
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The vicegerent of the vicariate of Rome splashed the stone with holy water.
From Time Magazine Archive
They were the years when Coolidge said of war debts, "They hired the money," when Charles Dawes was Coolidge's vicegerent in Europe, wearing laurels won with the Dawes Plan.
From Time Magazine Archive
Subprior, sub′prī-or, n. the vicegerent, deputy, or assistant of a prior.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
The Koran is law, the Shah being looked upon as the vicegerent of the prophet.
From Alden's Handy Atlas of the World by John B. Alden
In tongue she was very sharp, and in secret was proud of the power she possessed in making the vicegerent of God afraid of her.
From A House-Party Don Gesualdo and A Rainy June by Ouida
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